Improvement in letter-boxes



E. S. NEWGOMER.

Letter-Box.

No. 166,800, PatentedAug.17,18'75.

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EMORY S. NEWCOMER, OF OREGON, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN LETTER-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 166,800, dated August17, 1875; application filed June 19, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMORY S. NEWGOMER, of Oregon, in the county of Ogleand State of Illinois, have invented a new and valuable ImprovementinLetter-Boxes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a partof thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 .of the drawings is a representation of a vertical section ofmy device. Y Fig. 2 is a front view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detail.view.

This invention has relation to means for receiving letters when broughtto the door by the carrier; and it consists in providing the letter bagor receptacle with a hinged bow at its mouth, having arms, which areconnected to the door plate or cover of the letter-chute so that, whenthe latter is opened, the mouth of the bag or receptacle will beextended to receive the letters, closing when the door plate or cover isshut, as hereinafter shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the bag or letterreceptacle, made of flexible material, the mouth of which is attached toa hoop or bow. B represents the hoop or bow, hinged or pivoted, as shownat a, to the door or frame 0, below the slot or chute D. E representsthe doorplate or chute-cover, designed to be hinged to the door or frame0 on the outside. The bow B is provided with arms 1), extending aboveits hinge, to which cords or rods 0 are attached to operate the bag orletter-receptacle. These cords are also attached to the chute-cover ordoor-plate so that when the said plate or cover E is raised the mouth ofthe bag or letter receptacle A will be distended by the leverage of thearms b of the hinge-bow 0. When the door plate or cover E is releasedfrom its raised position after the deposit of mail, it falls downagainstthe mouth of the letterchute, operated by its own weight and thatof its bow, in the position shown in Fig. 2, against the door or frame.

This letter bag or receptacle may be placed on any common door, as shownin the drawings, and the cover may serve the double purpose of aname-plate and cover for the letterchute.

Letter-boxes have heretofore taken up so much space within the door asto be inconvenient, whereas my letter bag or receptacle is soconstructed as to require very little space, except when receiving theletters.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of a flexible letter-receptacle, with a'hinged bow atits mouth, provided with arms I) 0, connected to the door-plate E,forming the cover of the letter-chute, whereby, when the door-plate israised, the mouth of the receptacle is extended to receive the letters,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

EMORY S. NEWOOMER.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. MACK, ALBERT WooDoooK.

